Music: Camille O’Sullivan – The Dark Angel

Date: August 26th, 2009 Author: Joe Daniels
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Music
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Camille O’Sullivan – The Dark Angel
Assembly Hall

Camille O’Sullivan is a truly brilliant performer.  Her cabaret-noire style fits the ornate Assembly Hall perfectly and, playing to a full house, she storms it.  She is one of the rare few singers that is able to make her own mark on every song she covers (or more aptly, she interprets).  Be it the work of Jacques Brel, David Bowie, or Kirsty McColl, there is no song O’Sullivan can’t make her own.

Of course, the greatest moments come when she performs songs by rock’s Prince of Darkness, Nick Cave.  Owing to the narrative driven style of Cave’s songwriting, O’Sullivan is able to inhabit the characters with her own flamboyance to stunning effect.

Receiving tumultuous applause from an audience that included Alan Rickman, Camille O’Sullivan has cemented her place as one of the greatest acts of this year’s festival.  See this, if nothing else.

JD